RTI replies show Union government clueless about bogus teachers

The RTI had asked for information on state-wise break up of bogus teachers, their names and the colleges or universities these teachers were employed in.

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Meetu Jain

New Delhi

May 11, 2018

UPDATED: May 11, 2018 21:35 IST

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar claimed 80,000 fake teachers were found through use of Aadhaar.

HIGHLIGHTS

One RTI sought to find out if an inquiry panel had been formed in the matter

RTI had asked for information on state-wise break up of bogus teachers

HRD ministry in its reply said it did not have information on these bogus teachers

Two Right to Information (RTI) applications have found holes in Union Minister of Human Resource and Development (HRD) Prakash Javadekar's claims that thousands of bogus teachers have been detected.

At the release of All India Survey on Higher Education 2016-17 report in New Delhi on January 5, 2018, Javadekar had claimed that 80,000 fake teachers have been found through use of Aadhar.

However, replying to an RTI filed on January 10, HRD ministry's Department of Higher Education has said that it does not have the details of the bogus teachers.

The RTI had asked for information on state-wise break up of bogus teachers, their names and the colleges or universities these teachers were employed in.

The department's reply was vague. "As per gurujan (gurujan.gov.in) portal, 85,708 Aadhar numbers are found to be either duplicate or invalid" the department said without providing the details that the applicant had sought.

In another RTI, an applicant wanted to know if any inquiry committee had been set up and if any disciplinary action was taken.

The higher education department's reply was terse: "...the information sought as per your RTI application is not available with division."